The langur died before receiving treatment despite being rescued and taken to a veterinary hospital, highlighting a fatal encounter between wildlife and electrical infrastructure.
An endangered capped langur died after being electrocuted by a power line at Amrailchhara Tea Estate in Sreemangal upazila of Moulvibazar district in northeastern Bangladesh on Sunday.
The animal, also known as the capped leaf monkey, was found injured after reportedly coming into contact with an electric wire and falling to the ground inside the tea estate in the afternoon.
Tea estate workers alerted the Bangladesh Wildlife Service Foundation, whose director, Swapan Deb Sajal, visited the site alongside environmental activist Rajdeep Deb Dip. They rescued the injured langur and took it to Sreemangal Upazila Livestock Office and Veterinary Hospital for treatment.
However, the animal died before treatment could be administered because of the severity of its injuries, Sajal said.
The carcass was subsequently handed over to the Sreemangal Range Office of the Forest Department’s Wildlife Management and Nature Conservation Division, he added.
Md Tajul Islam, a junior wildlife scout at the Sreemangal Range Office, confirmed that the carcass had been handed over.
He said a post-mortem examination would be conducted at the Lawachara-Jankichhara Rescue Centre before the carcass was buried in accordance with Forest Department regulations.
The capped langur is listed as an endangered species on Bangladesh’s Red List, while the International Union for Conservation of Nature classifies it as Vulnerable on its global Red List.
